Telephone cabinet



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W. J. HAEH N TELEPHONE CABINET Filed March 24, 1925 I N VEN TUR Will/am J: Hoe/1n Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. HAEHN, F JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE CABINET.

Application filed March 24, 1923. Serial No. 627,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HAEHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in the. county 0 Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Cabinets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification. 10,

in telephone cabinets and more particularly to a cabinet in which the telephone instru- 3 ment rests when not in use.

In many cases it is desired to conceal the telephone instrument'and yet have it available for use at any time. When the instrument is connected to the box by a long cord it is further desired to take care of the slack without interferring with the use of the instrument.

The chief object of this invention is'to provide a cabinet in which the instrument rests when not in use such cabinet having a side opening provided with a shelf upon which the instrument normally rests and also having means whereby, when the instrument is placed upon the shelf, the door closes automatically.

A further object of this invention is the Q provision of means for taking up the slack of a long telephone cord and at the same time closing the door of the cabinet.

Other objects reside in the details and construction of such a cabinet as pointed out in the following specification taken in connection with the drawings and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet embodying this invention, the door of the cabinet being shown open.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet illustrating one of the means for taking care of the slack telephone cord.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on an enlarged scale of the chamber of, the cabinet taken 5 along the lines 33 of Fig. 1; and

Fi 4 is a front elevation of another type of ca inet that may be employed if desired.

The reference numeral 10 designates a cabinet which is supported upon the stand 11. The chamber 12 of the cabinet is closed by the door 13 which swings upon the vertically located hinges 14.. On the inner face of the door 13 is provided a shelf 15 upon which the telephone instrument rests. Secured to the door adjacent the inner edge of the shelf 15 is a guard 16 for a. purpose to This invention relates to an improvement be described later. The telephone cord 17 whlch connects the instrument 23 with the box 18, here shown as mounted on the wall f of the room, is led through an opening 19 in' the rear wall of the chamber.

A rod 20 mounted on the side wall of the chambencarries a spool 21 loosely mounted for rotation thereon. A coiled spring 22 en gages at one end the rod 20 and at the other end the spool 21 and thusnormally holds the spool in a predetermined position. Several turns of the cord 19 are made around the spool 21 so that by moving the instrument 23 the spool is caused to rotate against the normal'tension of the spring 22. This construction eliminates any direct pull upon the cord thus avoiding any danger of disconnecting the cord from the box 18 and furthermore it normally tends to take up any slack of the cord between the instrument and the spool.

The spring 22 is so mounted that it will be under tension when the instrument is placed upon the shelf 15, as shown'for example in Fig. 1, so that the spool 21 will tend to wind up the portion of the cord attached to the instrument. Obviously, it is unnecessary to give any particular attention to the door 13 since as soon as the instrument 23. is placed on the shelf 15 the spring 22 will function and cause the door to close. Under normal conditions the felt on the bottom of the instrument will engage the surface of the shelf 15 with sufficient friction so that there will be no tendency. for the instrument to slip. In order to be on the safe side, however, the guard 16 is provided so that in case the. instrument does slip it will strike against the guard and beheld there.

A weight 24 is also provided between the box 18 and the cabinet 10 to take care of the slack in the cord under all conditions.

The'modification shown in Fig. 4 resides in the provision within the chamber 12 of the pulleys 25, 26 over which the cord 17 is passed in its travel between the opening 19 and the spool 21. In addition there is provided a pulley-carrying weight 27 which rests on the cord between the pulleys 25 and 26. This weight 27 acts to rotate the spool and in case the weight24 is omitted also takes up the slack between the spool and the box. v

The spool 21 without the spring 22 thus serves merely as a guide and may be omitted if preferred without impairing the operation of the cabinet, the weights 24 or 27, whichever is used, being sufficient to insure the closing of the door. All or any two of said means may be used in combination or any one may be used if desired.

While certain embodiments have been shown and described, I am not to be limited thereto since it is obvious that others may be made without departing from the s irit' and scope of the invention as set fort in the following claims.

Having thus set forthmy invention what I claim as new and for which I desire protection by Letters Patent is:

1. A cabinet for a telephone instrument rovided with a flexible cord, said cabinet aving a side opening door, a shelf on the inner face of sald door on which the instrument rests when not in use and from which it is removedwhen in use and means acting upon thetelephone cord and tending whenever the instrument is upon said shelf to close said door.

. 2. A cabinet for a telephone instrument provided with a flexible cord, said cabinet swing a side openin door, a shelf on the inner face of said door, a spool in said vcabinet around which several turns of the telephone cord are wound and means for rotating said spool to take up any slack' telephone cord is wound and a spring for rotating said spool to take up any slack r in the cord between the spool and the instrument thereby closing said door when the instrument is laced upon said shelf.

In testimony w ereof I have afiixed my signature. Y

WILLIAM J. HAEHN; 

